Best / Worst Music of 2023: Albums & Songs

My list so far. There are a few albums I need to catch up on so this is a work in progress.

1. Javelin by Sufjan Stevens
2. That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware
3. Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard? by Lana Del Rey
4. The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne
5. I’ve Got Me by Joanna Sternberg
6. My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI and the Johnsons
7. The Lamb as Effigy by Sprain
8. The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski
9. Dogsbody by Model/Actriz
10. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek
11. SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown
12. Beloved! Paradise! Jazz?! by McKinley Dixon
13. GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo
14. Lahai by Sampha
15. Space Heavy by King Krule
16. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? by Kara Jackson
17. the record by boygenius
18. Milk For Flowers by H Hawkline
19. 10,000 gecs by 100 gecs
20. blómi by Susanne Sundfør
21. Maps by billy woods and Kenny Segal
22. SAVED! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter

Okay-ish year for music that got much better as it went along ... Doesn't have the highs that last year did for me but still wound up with a lot of stuff that I like. 

For now will just do my top 10 albums & some additional favorite songs not on those albums & a few other miscellaneous things... 

Top 10 Albums
Sampha - Lahai
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
Blondshell - Blondshell
Joanna Sternberg - I've Got Me
The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
Ratboys - The Window
Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
Danny Brown - Quaranta 
Model/Actriz - Dogsbody

Best Songs / Singles 
"Will Anybody Ever Love Me?" - Sufjan Stevens
"I Got Heaven" - Mannequin Pussy
"Vampire Empire" - Big Thief
"Smoke Detector" - The National
"Bending Hectic" - The Smile
"Run, Run, Run" - McKinley Dixon
"FaceTime" - billy woods & Kenny Segal ft. Samuel Herring 
"Time Ain't Accidental" - Jess Williamson
"True Life" - Water From Your Eyes
"Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood" - Yves Tumor

Best Two-fer of albums (sorry, National) ... bar italia - Tracey Denim & The Twits

Best Posthumous release (er, sorry John Lennon) ... Sparklehorse - Bird Machine

Best sequel to an album I liked last year ... Metric - Formentera II

Best live album ... Black Country New Road - Live at Bush Hall

Some other categories following up on DeepArcher's list........to go with my OP.

More lists please / thx

Most Promising New Band / Demo or EP - The Circulators (self-titled)

Best Cover Song - Fontaines D.C. cover of Nick Drake's "Cello Song"

Best Live Show I Saw in 2023 - The Bobby Lees

Comeback of the Year - The Hives - First album in 11 years (!) and a career saver........ One of their most fun albums......